Adjustable saw



Feb. 27, 11923.

J. T. THOMPSON ADJUSTABLE SAW Filed June. 2'7

adjacent face of arm 18. By adjusting; holder 19 up or down on the arm, the end of the saw blade Will be correspondingly raised or lowered, and the cutting edge of the blade thus set at any selected angle to the object. This adjustment is made when lever 24 is in released position, and it will thus be seen that when the lever is again locked the tension of the blade will retain the teeth of the adjustable holder 19 in en gageinent with selected notches 33 ot' the frame. The frame may be notched to any suitable extent to provide a comparatively Wide range of adjustment'and the slot in link 31 lengthened accordingly.

In practice, I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in'the accent panying drawings and referred to in the above description, as the preferred embodi;

ment, is the most efiicient and practical; yet realizing the conditions concurrent with the V adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize that varioi'is minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts, may be resorted to within he scope of the appended claims without departing from or sacrificing any of the principles of my invention.

element of the frame.

ver connected with said holder and presenting a cam element for engagement with the frame and the cam surface ojt'the holder, said can element being rotatable about an eccentric axis for binding engagement with the said cam surface, in the locking position 7 of the lever. V I V V i 2. A saw holder comprising a Ushaped frame having means at one, end for detachably connecting; a saw blade thereto,and nieans cooperating with the other end of the frame for adjustably connecting the blade thereto, said adjustable means, comprising a holder for the end of the blade having teeth a engageable in notches in the end of the frame, and a supportinglink carried by the holderandslidably engaged with a guide 3. A saw comprising a back and front and rear leg members, a front leg member having a slot provided in its end, a saw blade having one end seated in said slot and provided with cross pins ad acent its ends to retain the same in positioii, an adiustable block connected to the forward lee; by means of a slotted link, said link being positioned between the slotted leg member and said cross pin for vei'ti ally ad usting the saw blade, a tensioning device carried by the rear member and connected to the other end Off the saw blade, and

a handle carried. by the name.

M) N Tl'lOlilA-E'l THOMPSON.

l vitnesses L. (7. WILSO l vl A, LEE.

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